ability to predict the trade effects of the EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, the first 'second-generation' FTA of the EU …, applied since 2011. Our results show that, when accounting for information on the FTA components, no extra trade effect is … attributable to the EU-South Korea FTA. The message from the evolution of NTMs differs considerably according to the indicator used …

product standards and technical regulations in the European context. The analysis of these standards and technical regulations …

assurance scheme (QAS) were decided as responses by fruit and vegetable producers to market conditions, separating certification … implementation of QMS and binary probit for the choice of QAS. It is found that the buyers' demand for certification and the efforts … can lead to the diffusion of certification. Because the absence of information provision and the controls exerted by …